Patrick
Barlow's adaptation of the John Buchan thriller The 39
Steps. The gripping whodunnit which sees Richard Hannay
unwittingly caught in a web of murder and espionage, has
been filmed three times – by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935 with
Robert Donat as Hannay, in 1959 with Kenneth More taking
on the role, and more recently in 1978 with Robert Powell
in the lead.
Barlow's adaptation is performed by just four actors playing a minimum of 150
roles, and promises to be as exciting as anything previously seen on screen,
including every memorable scene from the Hitchcock film: the chase on the Flying
Scotsman, the escape on the Forth Bridge, the death defying finale at the London
Palladium and the first theatrical bi-plane crash!
Transferring from the Tricycle Theatre for a deserved West End run with the original
cast of Catherine McCormack, Rupert Degas, Charles Edwards and Simon Gregor.
Maria Aitken directs. |